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Metacrawlers
Meta Search Engine Characteristics
A meta search engine itself does not index or
rank web sites. Instead, it queries multiple web sites
simultaneously and will deliver a page of combined results of
the best sites from each search engine. The higher you rank on
each individual search engine, the higher your site will rank on
a meta search engine.
Note: You don't need to submit your site to metacrawlers
as they query other search engines to get results.
The Major Metacrawlers
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Dogpile
Popular metasearch site that sends a search to a customizable
list of search engines, directories and specialty search
sites, then displays results from each search engine
individually. Owned by Go2Net, which also owns MetaCrawler.
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MetaCrawler
It is one of the oldest meta search services. MetaCrawler
queries the top search engines including Altavista, Looksmart,
Lycos, GoTo, Direct Hit, Google, and Infoseek (Go Network).
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Mamma
Sends search requests to major search services, with results a
bit heavy from search engines that sell listings.
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